King G. Staples (May 26, 1851 – September 21, 1910) was an American businessman and Republican politician. Born in

Lee, Maine Lee is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It was incorporated in 1832. The community was named for Stephen Lee, an early settler. The population was 916 at the 2020 census. Lee has been home to Lee Academy since 1845. Geograph ...

, Staples moved to Minnesota in 1855 and then moved to

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in 1884 and then to Iron River, Wisconsin in 1889. He was in the flour mill and lumbering businesses. Staples served as treasurer of the town of

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and as chairman of the Iron River Town Board in 1892. Staples also served on the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors and was chairman of the county board. In 1897, Staples served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Republican. In 1898 he was imprisoned for larceny. A year later, he was he was pardoned. Staples died in Portland, Oregon and was buried in Anoka, Minnesota.Prominent Lumberman Dies, ''Albert Lea Evening Tribune'', September 24, 1910, p. 1

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